Vioxx Safety Issues Illustrate Need For Placebo-Controlled Trials – Editorial
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Vioxx safety problems illustrate importance of placebo-controlled trials, former FDA reviewer argues in PLoS Medicine. However, German researchers assert that placebo-controlled trials are unethical if there is sufficient evidence that an effective therapy exists.
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